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Al Jazeera America will be launched on TV in the US today at 3:00 PM EDT. Many of us have waited for this moment and have written our support of this day. But when I called to have my Dish service upgraded so that I could receive it, I was told by the young man […]

Comments Off on Lance Armstrong Has Sullied The Integrity of the US Itself

We must never forget that Lance Armstrong represented the United States in two major arenas: the Olympics and the Tour de France. But he forgot that. He was out for personal gain and glory. Aside from music, sports is one of the biggest human exercises that unites the globe. Perhaps character building and education in […]

There should not be a Congressman living who would allow a presidential order to circumvent the second amendment. For those who fear we will be just like pre-war Germany, remember, they did not have a history of democracy and certainly no second amendment. Most people are against citizens retaining the mutant military machine guns. Few […]

With fears being ramped up in some quarters about all guns being taken from citizens the way the Nazis seized the guns of their citizenry in 1928, President Obama is, in many minds, shadowing Hitler in promising executive action on gun control. Many believe that armed Jews would have prevented the holocaust. But the specter […]

Comments Off on Their Power Eroding, Will White People Now Face Prejudice and Payback?

The US Congress is more mixed in the ethnic and racial background of its members than ever before. In England, the most popular name for a baby is Mohammed. Times are changing and more rapidly than could ever be imagined. We have to ask: As white people decline in numbers and power, will regard for […]

So many of the issues we have made important in recent years have eroded trust and an ability for citizens to work together for the greater good. The polarity that exists now among many seems beyond repair. However, do we have to accept the inabilities of those in the public eye to successfully hammer out […]

A decade or more ago funerals and burials in my family became “trendy.” A cousin whose mother had died, kept her ashes in his front hall closet. One day I went to him and said “I wish you would find a resting place for your mother. People will begin to ask why I address the […]